Frances Hodgson Burnett Really Loved Gardens—Even Secret Ones

Frances Hodgson Burnett Really Loved Gardens—Even Secret Ones

“As long as you have a garden you have a future.”

By Marta McDowell | September 29, 2021

A World Outside Time: Pico Iyer on the Deep Pleasure of Handel’s Chorale Music

A World Outside Time: Pico Iyer on the Deep Pleasure of Handel’s Chorale Music

“What so moves me—literally transports me—is the way he blends ceremony with emotion.”

By Pico Iyer | September 29, 2021

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies

Featuring Joy Harjo, Winfred Rembert, Dawn Turner, and more

By Book Marks | September 29, 2021

Louise Nealon on Jealousy, Naivety, and Running to Catch Up with Her Characters

Louise Nealon on Jealousy, Naivety, and Running to Catch Up with Her Characters

This Week on Otherppl with Brad Listi

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 29, 2021

How the Culture of the University Covers Up Abuse

How the Culture of the University Covers Up Abuse

Sara Ahmed on Harassment Claims and Silencing Tactics

By Sara Ahmed | September 29, 2021

Lauren Groff on the Complexities of Faith in Her New Book

Lauren Groff on the Complexities of Faith in Her New Book

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | September 29, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Elodie Harper Reads from The Wolf Den

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | September 29, 2021

Anne-Marie Slaughter on Radical Honesty as a Key to Growth

By Keen On | September 29, 2021

White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson, Read by Marcella Cox

By Behind the Mic | September 29, 2021

On Jamaica Kincaid’s Prescient, Unapologetic <em>Lucy</em>

On Jamaica Kincaid’s Prescient, Unapologetic Lucy

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | September 28, 2021

On Loving, Losing, and Returning to Poetry

On Loving, Losing, and Returning to Poetry

Ari Honarvar Traces Her Relationship to Rumi, Her Mother, and Her Persian Identity

By Ari Honarvar | September 28, 2021

What Did Critics Think of Cormac McCarthy’s <em>The Road</em> When It First Came Out?

What Did Critics Think of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road When It First Came Out?

“An exquisitely bleak incantation...” “A little showy, a little glib...”

By Book Marks | September 28, 2021

How Can Natural Soundscapes Provide a Refuge from Our Hyper-Stimulated World?

How Can Natural Soundscapes Provide a Refuge from Our Hyper-Stimulated World?

Bernie Krause on the Healing Powers of Quietude, the Ba’Aka tribe, and Japanese Forest Bathing

By Bernie Krause | September 28, 2021

Multiple Narrators, Multiple Truths: A Reading List

Multiple Narrators, Multiple Truths: A Reading List

Sophie Ward Recommends Jennifer Egan, Han Kang, the Brothers Grimm, and More

By Sophie Ward | September 28, 2021

Lauren Groff on Growing Up in What Felt Like the Middle of Nowhere

Lauren Groff on Growing Up in What Felt Like the Middle of Nowhere

The Author of Matrix Looks Back to Her Central New York Childhood

By Lauren Groff | September 28, 2021

How to Help the Environment—and Yourself—by Fostering Insect-Friendly Habitats

How to Help the Environment—and Yourself—by Fostering Insect-Friendly Habitats

Dave Goulson on the Many Benefits of Greening Your Surroundings

By Dave Goulson | September 28, 2021

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